Zusatztext Because the full! internal experience of Alzheimer's is an account that fiction alone can deliver! it's no surprise that the go-to book for caretakers and early-stage sufferers is a novel. Still Alice! written by the neuroscientist Lisa Genova! offers a crisp! straightforward! and wrenching depiction of the fifty-year-old Harvard professor Alice Howland's descent into the swift! early-onset form of the disease. Informationen zum Autor Acclaimed as the Oliver Sacks of fiction and the Michael Crichton of brain science, Lisa Genova is the New York Times bestselling author of Still Alice, Left Neglected, Love Anthony, Inside the O'Briens, and Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting. Still Alice was adapted into an Oscarwinning film starring Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, and Kristen Stewart. Lisa graduated valedictorian from Bates College with a degree in biopsychology and holds a PhD in neuroscience from Harvard University. She is featured in the documentary films To Not Fade Away and Have You Heard About Greg. Her TED talks on Alzheimer's disease and memory have been viewed over eleven million times. Klappentext "Still Alice" is a compelling debut novel about a 50-year-old woman's sudden descent into early onset Alzheimer's disease, written by a first-time author who holds a Ph.D. in neuroscience. Reminiscent of "A Beautiful Mind" and "Ordinary People," this work packs an emotional punch. Zusammenfassung In Lisa Genova's extraordinary New York Times bestselling novel! an accomplished woman slowly loses her thoughts and memories to Alzheimer's diseaseonly to discover that each day brings a new way of living and loving. Now a major motion picture starring Julianne Moore! Alec Baldwin! Kate Bosworth! and Kristen Stewart! Alice Howland! happily married with three grown children and a house on the Cape! is a celebrated Harvard professor at the height of her career when she notices a forgetfulness creeping into her life. As confusion starts to cloud her thinking and her memory begins to fail her! she receives a devastating diagnosis: early onset Alzheimer's disease. Fiercely independent! Alice struggles to maintain her lifestyle and live in the moment! even as her sense of self is being stripped away. In turns heartbreaking! inspiring! and terrifying! Still Alice captures in remarkable detail what it's like to literally lose your mind... Reminiscent of A Beautiful Mind ! Ordinary People! and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time ! Still Alice packs a powerful emotional punch and marks the arrival of a strong new voice in fiction. ...

“Because the full, internal experience of Alzheimer’s is an account that fiction alone can deliver, it’s no surprise that the go-to book for caretakers and early-stage sufferers is a novel. “Still Alice,” written by the neuroscientist Lisa Genova, offers a crisp, straightforward, and wrenching depiction of the fifty-year-old Harvard professor Alice Howland’s descent into the swift, early-onset form of the disease.”

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"Still Alice" is a compelling debut novel about a 50-year-old woman's sudden descent into early onset Alzheimer's disease, written by a first-time author who holds a Ph.D. in neuroscience. Reminiscent of "A Beautiful Mind" and "Ordinary People," this work packs an emotional punch.

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In Lisa Genova’s extraordinary New York Times bestselling novel, an accomplished woman slowly loses her thoughts and memories to Alzheimer’s disease—only to discover that each day brings a new way of living and loving. Now a major motion picture starring Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kate Bosworth, and Kristen Stewart!

Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children and a house on the Cape, is a celebrated Harvard professor at the height of her career when she notices a forgetfulness creeping into her life. As confusion starts to cloud her thinking and her memory begins to fail her, she receives a devastating diagnosis: early onset Alzheimer’s disease. Fiercely independent, Alice struggles to maintain her lifestyle and live in the moment, even as her sense of self is being stripped away. In turns heartbreaking, inspiring, and terrifying, Still Alice captures in remarkable detail what it’s like to literally lose your mind...

Reminiscent of A Beautiful Mind, Ordinary People, and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, Still Alice packs a powerful emotional punch and marks the arrival of a strong new voice in fiction.